Category: Matchbox Twenty
Matchbox Twenty is a US collective that was started in 1995 in Florida. As of this writing, the group’s lineup has the following musicians: This Florida-founded group achieved mainstream success through “Yourself or Someone...
Matchbox Twenty’s “Parade” is an interesting tune in which it seems a number of different ideas are being presented. For instance, the song’s first verse in particular apparently harps on the singer’s childhood. That is when...
Matchbox Twenty’s “Real World” is based on the singer fantasizing about living different – you can even say primarily fictitious – lifestyles than the one he is currently leading. For example, in the first verse...
As you have probably already guessed just from reading the title, this is in fact a love song. And accordingly the person who makes the singer feel “overjoyed” is the addressee, i.e. his romantic partner....
“Long Day” seems to be premised on the age-old adage that ‘you can escape from anyone except yourself’. The narrator is someone whom we can define as being regularly depressed. Indeed the term “long day”, as...
If there’s one sentiment that comes off from the onset of “Bent”, it’s the narrator perceiving himself as being a vulnerable individual. He seems to acknowledge that there is the strong likelihood of unfavorable occurrences...
Like “Disease” (2002), this is another Matchbox Twenty track in which the romantic interest at hand is depicted as a very-beautiful yet wicked lady. That is to say that yes, beholding her beauty will in...
This song is based on a romantic relationship the narrator (Rob Thomas) is in. And it is pretty clear from the onset that, from his perspective, this association has run its course. Now what the...
“How Far We’ve Come” is being relayed from the perspective of someone who is witnessing the end of the world. Or perhaps more accurately, let’s say he is imagining what the end of the world would...
As talented as Rob Thomas may be, he originally penned “3AM” when he was but a pubescent lad. Also it is extremely-personal in nature. Indeed the period of his life it is based on is when...